House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa has demanded that former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Lois Lerner, a key figure in the IRS targeting scandal, give the committee any emails from her personal account that she might have used to conduct official business.
Issa sent a letter Tuesday stating that the committee's investigation of the issue has shown that Lerner sent some official documents to her personal email address, The Hill reports.
That "raises concerns" about whether the committee can thoroughly ascertain Lerner's role in the targeting affair merely from official emails, Issa said in the letter that was also signed by Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the Oversight subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs.
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
O’Malley To Announce Replacement Of 81-Year-Old Dover Bridge On Eastern Shore
The existing bridge across the Choptank River just outside Easton has long been prone to mechanical malfunctions, resulting in colossal traffic backups. Despite strong support for replacing the bridge among local lawmakers, the project stalled under O’Malley and two previous governors.
“I’ve been fighting for a new Dover Bridge since 1994,” said state Sen. Richard F. Colburn (R-Dorchester), one of several lawmakers briefed about O’Malley’s plans to move forward with a replacement. “I couldn’t be more ecstatic.”
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21 Facts About America's Surging Government Dependence
The percentage of Americans that are economically independent has dropped to a stunningly low level. In order to be economically independent, you have got to be able to take care of yourself without any assistance from anyone else. Unless you are independently wealthy, that means that you either have your own business or you have a full-time job. Unfortunately, as you will see below, the percentage of Americans that are self-employed is at an all-time record low and the percentage of Americans with a full-time job has declined to a level not seen in about 30 years. As a result, more Americans than ever find themselves forced to turn to the government for assistance.
When you add it all up, about half of all Americans get money from the government each month these days. And yes, there will always be poor people that cannot take care of themselves that need help, but when you have more than half of the population dependent on the government that is a major problem. You see, the truth is that our independence is systematically being taken away from us and we are steadily being made serfs of the state. And once you become a serf of the state, it is very hard to resist anything the government is doing in a meaningful way. After all, the money that you are getting from the government is enabling you to survive. In essence, your allegiance has been at least partially purchased and you may not even realize it.
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When you add it all up, about half of all Americans get money from the government each month these days. And yes, there will always be poor people that cannot take care of themselves that need help, but when you have more than half of the population dependent on the government that is a major problem. You see, the truth is that our independence is systematically being taken away from us and we are steadily being made serfs of the state. And once you become a serf of the state, it is very hard to resist anything the government is doing in a meaningful way. After all, the money that you are getting from the government is enabling you to survive. In essence, your allegiance has been at least partially purchased and you may not even realize it.
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275% Change In Foreclosure Rates In Maryland
States like Maryland, Oregon and New Jersey, which maintained relatively stable markets after the housing bubble popped, saw new foreclosure filings climb by double- and triple-digit percentages in July, according to RealtyTrac.
In Maryland, for example, new foreclosure filings skyrocketed 275% compared with a year earlier. When it came to overall foreclosure activity, including default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, the state had the second highest foreclosure rate in the nation, after default-riddled Florida.
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The Blow That Killed America 100 Years Ago
“There is a lot of ruin in a nation,” wrote Adam Smith. His point was that it takes a long time for nations to fall, even when they’re dead on their feet. And he was certainly right.
America took its fatal blow in 1913, one hundred years ago; it just hasn’t hit the ground yet. This is a slow process, but it’s actually fast compared to the Romans. It took them several centuries to collapse.
The confusing thing about our current situation is that America – and by that I mean the noble America that so many of us grew up believing was real – has long been poisoned. Its liver, kidneys, and spleen have all stopped functioning. Its heart beats slowly and irregularly. But it still stands on its feet and presents itself as alive to all those who would let their eyes fool them.
And I’m not without sympathy for those who want to believe. They find themselves in a world wherepolitics is almighty, and where their comfort, prosperity, and perhaps their survival all hang in a delicate balance. They don’t want to upset anything, and questioning the bosses is a good way to get yelled at.
But just because someone wants to believe doesn’t make it so. We are not children and we are not powerless. We Producers should never be intimidated by those who live at our expense. So let’s start looking at the facts.
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America took its fatal blow in 1913, one hundred years ago; it just hasn’t hit the ground yet. This is a slow process, but it’s actually fast compared to the Romans. It took them several centuries to collapse.
The confusing thing about our current situation is that America – and by that I mean the noble America that so many of us grew up believing was real – has long been poisoned. Its liver, kidneys, and spleen have all stopped functioning. Its heart beats slowly and irregularly. But it still stands on its feet and presents itself as alive to all those who would let their eyes fool them.
And I’m not without sympathy for those who want to believe. They find themselves in a world wherepolitics is almighty, and where their comfort, prosperity, and perhaps their survival all hang in a delicate balance. They don’t want to upset anything, and questioning the bosses is a good way to get yelled at.
But just because someone wants to believe doesn’t make it so. We are not children and we are not powerless. We Producers should never be intimidated by those who live at our expense. So let’s start looking at the facts.
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Maryland-Developed ‘Cube’ Promises Weather-Resistant Low Cost Electricity
The PowerSERG 2-80, also known as the Cube, is expected to reach the market in 2014, developers announced today. Just slightly larger than a dishwasher and running off a minimal amount of natural gas, the first edition of the Cube will generate 25 kW at about one-tenth the cost and one-tenth the size of current commercial fuel cell systems. Unlike traditional generators, it can power a home, business or machine 24/7, not just during an outage. It was developed by Redox Power Systems, a Maryland company founded to commercialize fuel cell technology developed by Professor Eric Wachsman of the University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC), according to a University of Maryland and Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute news release.
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Meet The Meshnet: A New Wave Of Decentralized Internet Access
Across the US, from Maryland to Seattle, work is underway to construct user-owned wireless networks that will permit secure communication without surveillance or any centralized organization. They are known as meshnets and ultimately, if their designers get their way, they will span the country.
- From the New Scientist article, Let’s Start the Net Again
In the wake of the NSA spy revelations, many people have become disillusioned or despondent regarding the seemingly unstoppable pervasiveness of the surveillance state. I am not one of those people. As James Baldwin famously stated: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
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- From the New Scientist article, Let’s Start the Net Again
In the wake of the NSA spy revelations, many people have become disillusioned or despondent regarding the seemingly unstoppable pervasiveness of the surveillance state. I am not one of those people. As James Baldwin famously stated: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
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U.S. Postal Service Revamps Priority Mail Program
WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is revamping its priority mail program as part of its efforts to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business.
The agency is now offering free online tracking for priority mail shipments, free insurance and date-specific delivery so customers know if a package will arrive in one, two or three days.
Postal officials say they expect the changes to generate more than a half-billion dollars in new revenue annually. The changes — including redesigned boxes and envelopes — are effective immediately.
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The agency is now offering free online tracking for priority mail shipments, free insurance and date-specific delivery so customers know if a package will arrive in one, two or three days.
Postal officials say they expect the changes to generate more than a half-billion dollars in new revenue annually. The changes — including redesigned boxes and envelopes — are effective immediately.
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THE GRUESOME STORY OF A MURDERED TENNESSEE COUPLE YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD – BUT THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET
After a radio caller made him aware of the extremely disturbing story of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian in Knoxville, Tenn., Glenn Beck researched the case and was horrified at what he found.
Though the details are hard to hear, Beck told the couple’s story in excruciating detail during his show on TheBlaze TV Tuesday. The killings occurred in 2007; however, Beck says the media failed to give the case adequate coverage due to special interests or negligence.
Newsom, 23, was a standout baseball player who was working as a carpenter. Christian was a 21-year-old student at the University of Tennessee. The happy couple had been dating for a couple months.
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Though the details are hard to hear, Beck told the couple’s story in excruciating detail during his show on TheBlaze TV Tuesday. The killings occurred in 2007; however, Beck says the media failed to give the case adequate coverage due to special interests or negligence.
Newsom, 23, was a standout baseball player who was working as a carpenter. Christian was a 21-year-old student at the University of Tennessee. The happy couple had been dating for a couple months.
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Epworth To Host Free Skate Day Aug. 18
A beginner skateboarder is shown picking up some tips from a veteran at the July 28 Skate Day.
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OBAMA IS A ‘SNAKE’ AND ‘WE HAVE TO TURN ON HIM’ SAYS…
Film director Oliver Stone—who has made no secret of his liberal political views—called President Barack Obama a “snake” for his role in National Security Agency spying programs that have become, he said, more about silencing protestors than finding terrorists.
“Obama is a snake,” Stone told an audience in Tokyo on Monday. “He’s a snake. And we have to turn on him.”
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“Obama is a snake,” Stone told an audience in Tokyo on Monday. “He’s a snake. And we have to turn on him.”
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CARSON: Can You Trust Anybody Anymore?
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Relationships between the masses of people in the governing bodies can also be healthy or fractured. For decades in America, a guaranteed laugh line was, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.” As things exist now in our country, the situation has deteriorated to the point where this is no longer funny.
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Redskins, Ravens Make The List Of The Top NFL Moneymakers
Both the Cowboys and Redskins edged out recent Super Bowl champs, the Baltimore Ravens, on the list. The team comes in at No. 9.
The NFL also continues to be the most lucrative sports league in the world, according to Forbes. The NFL's 32 teams are worth $1.17 billion on average, 5 percent more than last year.
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'That '70s Show' Star Lisa Robin Kelly Dead At 43
She was 43.
The actress died in a rehab facility, and her cause of death is still unknown.
"Unfortunately Lisa Robin Kelly passed away last evening. Lisa had voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility early this week where she was battling the addiction problems that have plagued her these past few years," her manager Craig Wycoff said. "I spoke to her on Monday and she was hopeful and confident, looking forward to putting this part of her life behind her. Last night she lost the battle."
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We Can’t Wait … To Nominate Another Lobbyist
"John McCain can't see or won't acknowledge what's obvious to all of us here today -- that lobbyists aren't just part of the system in Washington, they're part of the problem."
-- Then-Sen. Barack Obama campaigning in Montana, May 19, 2008.
President Obama wants to place a new tax on your monthly cell phone bill to pay for his plan to put WiFi in more classrooms. And all he needs to do it is one more lobbyist in his administration.
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-- Then-Sen. Barack Obama campaigning in Montana, May 19, 2008.
President Obama wants to place a new tax on your monthly cell phone bill to pay for his plan to put WiFi in more classrooms. And all he needs to do it is one more lobbyist in his administration.
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Legislative Watch Website Provides Voting Records For Assembly Members
The website is not a formal organization, but is a project of Myers’ to highlight bad bills in the General Assembly that the group believes are antithetical to the Maryland Declaration of Rights, raise fees or taxes, or create new crimes, she said.
Myers lives in Anne Arundel County and sought help from volunteers to create an IT process to aggregate the votes.
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Defended Murderers And Pedophiles? New ICE Boss' Background Called Into Question
The acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a former criminal defense attorney who represented accused and convicted murderers, sex offenders and pedophiles and fought for the release of violent convicted offenders -- a background some critics say makes him a less than ideal choice to lead the federal government's second-largest law enforcement agency.
John Sandweg, 38, who was recently named acting director of ICE, worked between 2002 and 2009 defending violent criminals in Arizona, and helping then-governor and current Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano raise campaign funds. Critics questioned Sandweg's credentials, with one calling him “in no way qualified” and his appointment the latest example of Napolitano's "blatant politicization" of the agency.
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John Sandweg, 38, who was recently named acting director of ICE, worked between 2002 and 2009 defending violent criminals in Arizona, and helping then-governor and current Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano raise campaign funds. Critics questioned Sandweg's credentials, with one calling him “in no way qualified” and his appointment the latest example of Napolitano's "blatant politicization" of the agency.
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Gov. O'Malley Announces Appointment To Md Public Service Commission
The Governor announced the appointment on Wednesday to fill a vacancy created when commissioner Kevin Hughes was named chairman.
According to state officials, Hoskins has served as senior vice president of public affairs and sustainability for the Public Service Enterprise Group in Newark, N.J., for more than six years. She worked on federal and state government affairs advocacy and policy initiatives in that role. She also advocated for Environmental Protection Agency regulations to reduce pollution from power production.
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OBAMACARE EXEMPTION: NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON
WASHINGTON -- Even by the standards of Washington, this is one sick, twisted and deceitful deal. Quite possibly, it is a whole new low, even for the federal government.
Had we innocent, taxpaying citizens not long ago lost our capacity to be outraged by the disgraceful manner in which this place operates, we would already be in all-out political revolt. Against President Obama. Against Democrats in Congress. And, especially, Republicans.
Literally, revolutionary wars have been fought over less.
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Had we innocent, taxpaying citizens not long ago lost our capacity to be outraged by the disgraceful manner in which this place operates, we would already be in all-out political revolt. Against President Obama. Against Democrats in Congress. And, especially, Republicans.
Literally, revolutionary wars have been fought over less.
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Even Hooters Has Standards When It Comes To Serving Mayor Bob Filner
San Diego Hooters restaurants are laying down the law when it comes to their clientele.
The chain is well-known for busty waitresses and a flirtatious business model — in fact, its female employees must agree to this statement when they are hired: “the Hooters concept is based on female sex appeal.” Keeping all of that in mind perhaps makes the following news all the more interesting.
The chain’s franchises in San Diego, Calif., are putting their foots down when it comes to the mayor of San Diego. As a local Republican official tweeted, the mayor — if he attempts to enter the Hooters chains — will be refused service because of his “disrespectful” conduct:
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The chain is well-known for busty waitresses and a flirtatious business model — in fact, its female employees must agree to this statement when they are hired: “the Hooters concept is based on female sex appeal.” Keeping all of that in mind perhaps makes the following news all the more interesting.
The chain’s franchises in San Diego, Calif., are putting their foots down when it comes to the mayor of San Diego. As a local Republican official tweeted, the mayor — if he attempts to enter the Hooters chains — will be refused service because of his “disrespectful” conduct:
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